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Japanese beetle feeding on hemp.

The mission of the Purdue Hemp Project is to provide research based information to aid in the development of hemp as an industry in Indiana and throughout the Midwest.Unlike other agronomic crops, US hemp production faces additional obstacles in form of U.S. government drug policies.

All crops have issues with respect to production; however, with a crop like hemp, which was banned in the United States for over eighty years, large information gaps have developed with regards to production, pest management and economic impact.

Our research is focusing on identifying challenges faced by modern hemp production. 2015 was the wettest year on record (fact check—off by 0.6”), and provided even more information regarding production challenges. 2016 posed some unique challenges as well. 2017 is off to a wet start!

Culturing fungi associated with damping-off

Hemp crown rot

Herbicide control of hemp

RESEARCH 2017

April 19, 2017 – Planting Day

Plots consisted of five cultivars and were laid out in a random complete block design with three replicates.

Tyler, Corey and Braden with some of the earliest planted hemp in North America.

Corey and Braden loading seed into the drill

April 25, 2017 -Emergence

Six days later, seedlings were visible.

Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed... Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders. --Henry David Thoreau